Taos Trip

A couple of weeks ago, we took a trip to Taos, NM.  Neither of us had been there before, so we weren't exactly sure what to expect.  We just wanted a relaxing, inexpensive weekend getaway.  And we did!  It was really nice.

Guess where I am?

We stayed at the Hotel La Fonda (or, LaFAWNduh, ala Napoleon Dynamite).  It is the oldest hotel in Taos, right on the town square.  It was nice, because it was close to all the little shops and restaurants.  

We ate at an awesome restaurant called Antonio's,  It's a Mexican restaurant, and did I say it was awesome?  Because it was.  They made the guacamole tableside, which was pretty cool, I guess, but also awkward.  We had some chit-chat with the guy making it, and I felt bad that he has to not only make guacamole, but have boring conversations with the patrons.  Ah, well.  Then we shared the seafood paella...OH. MY. GOODNESS.  The most delicious thing I've ever had ever.  And I'm glad we shared, because it was HUGE!

Um, this is not at Antonio's.  This is another restaurant we ate at called The Gorge.  It was delish too.  But Antonio's was so delish that we didn't have time to take a pic!

Another thing we did was go to the Taos ski area.  I had no idea how steep that mountain was! 
We also made a trip to see the Taos pueblo, which was pretty neat.  It's amazing that it's been around for so long!

We went to see the Rio Grande Gorge--so scary!  I didn't really know it even existed!  I'm a little afraid of heights, so it totally creeped me out, but it was very majestic and beautiful!

Doug's so brave!

The pic doesn't even do it justice!